yaacabó

yaacabó

Spanish

Etymology

Imitative of the bird's call.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaakaˈbo/ [ɟ͡ʝa.a.kaˈβ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaakaˈbo/ [ɟ͡ʝa.a.kaˈβ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃaakaˈbo/ [ʃa.a.kaˈβ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒaakaˈbo/ [ʒa.a.kaˈβ̞o]

• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ya‧a‧ca‧bó

Noun

yaacabó m (plural yaacabós)

1. a bird of South America.

Further reading

• “yaacabó”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014